The Old Post Office building was not “decrepit before the deal” to lease it to the Trump Organization for a hotel.

Nor should the quote from Kevin M. Terry of the General Service Administration — that “historic integrity has been restored, and the wasting asset is now being put to productive use” — be taken at face value.

The great irony is that from 1983 to 2014, when the Trump lease began, the Old Post Office was the architecturally impressive home of the National Endowment for the Arts. Adding crystal chandeliers, polished brass railings and marble tiles in reality contradicts the building’s historic integrity.

To add insult to injury, the president whose name is now garishly emblazoned across the front of this building is now seeking to eliminate the arts funding organization he has displaced.